Monte carlo study of phonon heat conduction in silicon thin films including contributions of optical phonons

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Mittal, Arpit ^a   Mazumder, Sandip ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann transport equation; Monte Carlo; Optical phonon; Silicon; Thermal conductivity; Thin film

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-PLANE; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC PHONONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO STUDY; NON EQUILIBRIUM; OPTICAL MODES; OPTICAL PHONON; OPTICAL PHONONS; PHONON MODE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICON THIN FILM; STATISTICAL ACCURACY; STEADY STATE; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; THREE-PHONON SCATTERING; TRANSVERSE ACOUSTIC PHONONS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; HEAT CONDUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMOANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 77955290354     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000447     Document Type: Article

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